Well-drilling machine.



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W. C. SOLE.

WELL DRILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 6. 1916. 1,274,950, Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

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WELL DRILLING MACHINE.

Patented Aug. 6, 191&

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W.. C. SOLE. WELL DRILLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLEUDEC. 6. "H6. 1,274,950..

Patented Aug. 6, 191&

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Ljj a UNITED STATES PATEN OFFER f wILnIAM'c. sonn, or SULLIVAN, INDIANA.

WELL-DRILLING- MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. e, 1918:

Application filed December 6, 1916. Serial No. 135,308.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known .that I, TILLIAM C. SOLE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Sullivan, in thecounty of Sullivan, and State of Indiana, have inventeda new and Improved lVell-Drilling Machine, of which the following is a full, clear,'and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a Well drilling machine in which are combined the good qualities of the stationary and of the portable well drilling ma- Y when the casing is to be raised, a spud,-

din-g pulley being adjustable on the calf reel to engage a spudding cable passing from the bull reel under the calf reel, suitable rocking means being provided for the calf reel during the spudding operation.

Another object of the inventionis to provide a friction wheelon the sand reel shaft and a friction wheel on a counter-shaft connected for driving the bull reel shaft, so that either one of the said shafts may be moved to bringits friction wheel into engagement with the friction wheel on the band wheel. shaft; or, if desired, into engagement witha. brake shoe.

Additional objects of the invention" are to: provide a clutch, to connect the bull reel shaft with its driving means when'desired,

and to provide adjustable bearings forthe sand reel shaft and the counter-shaft. 7

Still other objects of the invention will appear in the following specification, in

which the preferred form of the invention is disclosed.

In the drawings similar reference characters denote similar parts inall the views, in

' which Figure 1 is a side elevation showing my drilling machine; v

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of Fig. l,

but Without them;

Fig. 3 is a view showing one side of Fig. 2, but without the engine and its frame;

Fig. dis a sectional view on the line 4+4 of Fig. 2; j 1 v Fig. 5 is a view showing the other side of Fig. 2, but without the engine and its frame; Figs/6, 7 and 8 are fragmentary views showing the forms of the adjustable bearings used for the sand reel shaft and the counter-shaft;

Fig. 9 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 99 of Fig. 2; V Fig. 10 is an end view of Fig. 9; and r Fig. 11 is a sectional view on the line 1111 of Fig. 9. I

By referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the well drilling machine has a frame 15 with supporting wheels 16 disposed underthe frame, these supporting wheels resting on sills 17 when the machine is to be used, there being a transverse sill 18 which rests on the sills 17, the main mast 19 being mounted on this transverse sill 18. The

front wheels 16, which rest on the sills 17,

are disposed against the transverse sill 18 and are held in this position by blocks 19 which are tied to the transverse'sill 18 by tie-bolts 20. In asimilar manner, blocks 21 are disposed at the front and at the rear of the rear wheels 16, these blocks 21 being tied together by bolts 22. The frame 15 is tied down to the sills 17 by means of rods 23' which are connected by turn-buckles 24. By this means the frame 15 may be moved to the position where it is to be used, on its wheels 16, and may be quickly and conveniently mounted on and secured to the sills 17, in

themanner set forth.

The main mast 19 is mounted on the transverse sill 18 on the longitudinal center line of the frame, and this main mast '19 leans' forwardly, as shown in Fig. 1 of the draw- 7 ings, sothat the drilling cable 26 as it passes forwardly over the crown sheave 25, Wlll be plumb with the center of the drill hole. Great strength and stability are obtained by this construction. ,The drilling cable 26 1s wound on a bull reel 27 secured for rotating with a bull reel shaft 28. It will be seen by referring to Fig. 2 of the drawings that this bull reel 27 is very wide, extending from side to side of the frame 15. A calf reel 29' is mounted on a. calf reel shaft 30 journaled i bea i gs .31 i thsirvma 1 I s reel 29 is disposed adjacent the main mast 19 in order to obtain the greatest power durcasing line 32 passes from theycalf reel 29- over a sheave 33 mounted on the main mast 19 below 'thesheave 25, the casingline is. the fall of a tackle 3% supported on the bracket 40 by a rod 34*. to, the rod. 34: and it passes. over a sheave 34 toa' lever 34; and by operating. the lever 34 the tackle 3 1 may be moved to one side. Above'the crown slie'ave 25 there is a'sand sheave 35 which is carried by the main'mast 19, a sandliiie 36 passing from the sand reel 37 over the" sand sheave 35, it being possible to secure the end 38 of this sand line to'one of the auxiliary masts 39 when notin use. Theseauxiliary masts 39 are securedto the main mast 19 by brackets 10.

It will be understood by referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings that the relative positions of the calf reel 29; the'b'ull reel 27, the sand reel 37,-and the sheaves 33, 25 and 35, willv enable the operator to thread the crown sheave 25 with a heavy drilling cable by pulling itup' with the sand line 36, inasmuch as' tlie sand line sheave 35 is above the eifow'n sheave 26; It will also'be seen that as the sand line sheave is above the crown sheave 25, it is impossible for water to run from the drilling line to the sand line sheave 35, which, with drilling. machines now in use causes great difiiculty, as this water freezes in winter.- The casing line 32, the drilling cable 26, and the sandline 36 are permanently installed, and it is never necessary to substitute one cable or line for another. This is so, although the cables do not cross each other at any place, which would result in unnecessary wear. 7 I h The freeends of the sand line 36 and the casing. line 32 hang as near plumb with the center of the hole over which the drilling cable 26 hangs, as is possible when using three separate lines over their respective pulleys. When using my drilling machine, should the casing. commence to slip, the easing; linel32niaybe almost instantly used 'to raise. the casing.

The main mast 19 is raised the" engine, and, the.-. auziiliary masts-.39 are swung into- .ositi on from. the main mast and are secured together. by;1n'eans.of the bracket-4. I

over the crown sheave 25. The calf reel shaft 30 1s g ven Zt ]?0Cl -l:ig movement by,

means of a pitman ll which connects a wrist A line 34 is secured pin 45 on a pulley 46 carried by the band Wheel shaftfilflwith awrist pin 48 on a pulley 49 mounted on the calf reel shaft 30. The wrist pin. 48 has a greater radius than the" wrist pin 45.

During: casing operations, the pitman 44 is removed, and a pulley 50 on the band wheel-shafts? is connected withapulley 51 on the calf reel shaft 30 by a wire rope 52. This Wirerope 52'is'given one and one-half turns around each of the pulleys 50 and 51,

to prevent any possibleslippage. lVhen the" casing is very heavy and'hard to pull, the wire rope is removed from the pulley 50, is disposed around the pulley 46', which is secured thereto, the wire rope 52 being alsoremoved' from. the pulley 51' and being disposed" around the pulley 4:9, whichis securedv to the pulley 51. While thepul leys' 4c9a1id51 are of the same diameter, the diameter of the pulley 16 is less than the diameter of the pullb'y 50, so that whil'ethe wire rope 52 will be disposed one'and onehalf times around the pulley 49, it will be disposed jtwo and one-halftime around the pulley 46 7 The engine 53is mounted" on a frame 54, two pulleys 55and' 56 being secured to the ends of ashaft 57, the pulley 56 being of less diametertha'n tlie' pulley 55, and the pulleys soar-1a 56 being substantially in alineinent with pulleys 58 and 59, which are of substantially the same diameter and whichare secured to the band wheel shaft 47. Under normalconditibns, the pulley 55 is connected' with the pulley 58 by awire rop e 60,'the wirerope 60 being given one and one-half turnsaround each oft'he pu'lley's 55 and 58. However, when desired, the wire rope 60 maybe used to connect the pulleys 56 and 59, the difi'e rence in size between the pulleys and 56 peri'nitting'the wire rope 60' tob'edis'p osed two complete turns around the pulley 56, and one complete turn around the pulley. '59. By using this means of changengine, and allows the speed of the-engine to be increased as desired.-

By making use of the Wire ropes'6'O and 52 foe connecting; the pulleys, andby giving the wire rope 60 at least one complete turn around each of the pulleys, all slippage is done away with, even should the machine be exposed to the Weather. It will. be understood that the slack of the -wire rope 60 is taken up with a jack screw 61 which keeps the engineframe 5 l-spaced from'the frame-15'.

The-band wheel shaft 47 journaledin bearings 62 on the frame 15,-and secured to this band wheel shaft 47threis' a metal friction wheel 63, The sand reel shaft 64 on which the sand reel 37 is secured, carries a friction wheel 65 having preferably a wooden face, it being possible to move the sand reel shaft 64 so that the friction Wheel 65 may be brought into engagement with the friction wheel 63 on the band wheel shaft 47, or with a brake shoe 66 mounted on the frame 15. The friction Wheel 63 not only is adapted to drive the sand reel shaft 64 by means of the friction Wheel 65, but the friction wheel 63 is also adapted'to engage a friction wheel 67 on a counter-shaft 68, it being possible to move this countershaft 68 so that the friction wheel 67 will engage the friction wheel 63 or a brake shoe 69 carried by theframe. The friction wheel 67 as well as the friction wheel 65,'is pro vided with a wooden face. The countershaft 68 serves to drive the bull reel 27 by means which I will shortly describe.

Atone side of the frame, the sand reel shaft 64 and the counter-shaft 68 are journaled in similar bearings '70, these bearings 70 being shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings. Each of these bearings 70 has a base 71- mounted on the side of the frame, each base having upwardly extending arms 72 with threaded orifices 73 therein, a ring 74 being disposed between the-arms 72, and being engaged by set screws 75 which mesh in the threaded orifices 76 in the ring 74, the axes of the threaded orifices 76 being preferably at right angles with the axes of the threaded orifices 7 A hearing member 77 is disposed within the ring 74 and is engaged by set screws 78 which mesh in the threaded orifices 76. The sh aft is journaled in this bearing member 77. The counter-shaft 68 is j ournaled at the other side of the frame in a bearing 79, this bearing 79 being substantially the same as the bearing 70, with the exception that the base 71 is pivoted to the frame 15 at 80, instead of being secured to the frame 15 by bolts 81, as is the case with the bearing 70. A depending arm 82 extends from the base 71 so that the bearing may be moved to carry with it an end of the counter-shaft 68, so that the friction wheel 67 thereon may be moved into or out of engagement with the friction wheel 63 and the brake shoe 69. A hearing 84 in which the other side of the sand reel shaft 64 is journaled, is constructed substantially the same as the bearing 79, with the exception that instead of the depending arm 82, the bearing 84 has an upwardly extending arm 85. It will be understood that the bearings 70, 79 and 84, are self-alining, and they serve to keep the shafts from cutting out the hearing material when the shafts are moved in the manner set forth. The bearing 70 is designed to give considerable adjustment by manipulation of the set screws, while the bearings 79 and 84 are designed principally to'permitthe desired movement of the shafts journaled therein. I

Atthe end of'the frame 15, adjacent the main mast 19, there are four levers 86, 87, 88 and 89, the lever 87 being-connected with the depending arm 82 of the bearing 79 by means of a link 90. :The lever 86 is 0011- nected with the upwardly extending arm 85 of the bearing 84 by means of a link 91. It will be seen that a forward pull of the lever 87 will move the friction wheel 67 into engagement with the friction wheel 63,

and that a forward pull of the lever 86 will move'the friction wheel into engagement with the friction wheel 63. The lever. 88 is connected with a brake band 92 disposed" frame 15; Rotatably mounted on the shaft" 28 there is a sprocket wheel 98 which has two inner transverse key slots 99 disposed opposite each other, which are adapted to register with longitudinally disposed key slots 100 on the shaft 28. Mounted for moving'in these key slots 100 there are keys-101 "which when they are moved inwardly engage the sprocket wheel 98 at its key slots 99. The keys 101 are connected at their outer ends to a transverse member 102 which is adapted to move in a slot 103 in the shaft 28. The outer portion of the shaft 28 is reduced in diameter, and around this outer portion there is disposed a spring 104 which is secured at its inner end 105 to the shaft 28, and at its outer end 106 to the transverse member 102, this spring serving to pull the transverse member 102 inwardly, and with it the keys 101, so that the keys will engage the sprocket wheel 98 at its key slots 99, the transverse member 102 passing into the slot 103 in the shaft 28. It will be understood that with this construction the keys 101 will normally engage the sprocket wheel 98 at it key slots 99, but that the keys 101 may be withdrawn therefrom. Pivoted to the transverse member 102 there is an arm 107, which may pass with the transverse member 102 into the slot 103, but which may be rotated relatively to the transverse member. 102 when the transverse member 102 is drawn outwardly, so that the arm 107 may engage the outer end of the shaft 28 to hold the transverse member 102 with its keys 101 out of operative position. In s- 2 f h d a 1 5 1 77 a p e ket Copiesof-thispatent may be obtained for wheellOS similarly mounted on the counter shaft 68, but it will of course be understood that thissprocket wheel 108 may be permanently secured to the counter-shaft 68 if desired. Thesprocket wheels 108, and 98, are

connected by a sprocket chain 109. It will be understood that the keys 101 may be withdrawn to permit the bull reel shaft 28 to rotate relatively to the sprocket wheel 98 'whentools are being lowered into the drillhole, the brake which has been described being' used to regulate the speed of the bull reel shaft 28;

Havingv thus described my invention, I- claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a well drilling machine, a frame, a

main mast extending upwardly and forwardly from the frame, an auxiliary mast disposed in front of'the main mast, a bracket secured to and extending from one mast to the other, a lower sheave, an intermediate sheave, and an upper sheave, the sheaves being journaled in bearings in the main mast,

a calf'reel ournaled in bearings in the frame on a transverse axis and adjacent the main mast, a bull reel journaled inbearings in the frame on a transverse axis and at the rear of the calf reel, a sand reel journaled. --in bearings 1n the frame on a transverse axis and in the rear of the bull reel, a tackle secured to the bracket, the fall of the tacklebeing disposedover the lower sheave anddown to-the calf reel, a drillingarope extending. from the intermediate: sheave down to the bull reel, and a sand ropeextendingfrom the upper sheave down to the sand reel M 2; In awell drilling machine, a'frame, a main mast extending; upwardly and forwardly from the frame,two auxiliary masts disposedin front of the main mast and converging upwardly,- brackets connecting,

the upper portions of the auxiliary masts with the main mast, a lower sheave, an intermediate sheave, and an uppersheave,-the

sheaves'being journaled in bearings in the main mast, a calf reel journaled in bearings in the frame on a transverse axis and adjacent the main-mast, a bull reel journaled in bearings in the frame ona transverse axis andiat the rear ofthe -calf reel, a sand reel journaled in bearings in the" framev WILLIAM G SOLE.

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